Monthly Archives: August 2022

Researchers found nearly two dozen detention, interrogation, and processing centers in Russian-occupied Ukraine, as well as what look like mass graves: report

Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after they were evacuated from the besieged Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant, near a remand prison in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People’s Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, File Researchers have found a network of detention, interrogation, and processing centers in…

Bill Barr, who bashed the Russia investigation, says attacks on the FBI over the Mar-a-Lago search are ‘misplaced’

Then-Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference on Dec. 21, 2020, at the Justice Department. Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File Bill Barr says attacks on the FBI over the Mar-a-Lago search are “misplaced.”  “A decision like this is not going to be made by the FBI,” the ex-attorney general told Bari Weiss.  Barr…

Elizabeth Warren points out Mitch McConnell graduated from a school that cost $330 a year amid his criticisms of Biden’s student-loan forgiveness: ‘He can spare us the lectures on fairness’

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Mitch McConnell Win McNamee/Getty Images, Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images) Mitch McConnell called Biden’s student-loan forgiveness “astonishingly unfair.” Elizabeth Warren pushed back, noting that McConnell went to college when tuition was $330 a year. Many Republicans have been on the offense after Biden’s $20,000 debt cancellation announcement. Republican lawmakers have been…

Here’s the affidavit that led to the FBI’s unprecedented search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home

The Justice Department released a key document backing up the August 8 search of Mar-a-Lago. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Brandon Bell/Getty Images DOJ on Friday unveiled a heavily-redacted version of an FBI affidavit supporting the search of Mar-a-Lago. News organizations pushed for the release of the affidavit underpinning the search warrant. A judge took the extraordinary…

A growing number of wealthy people are shopping at Dollar Tree and Dollar General as inflation bites

Insider/Brittany Chang In their most recent quarter, Dollar Tree and Dollar General saw higher sales and profits. Due to inflation, more people, including the wealthy, are turning to the stores for lower prices. Dollar Tree’s CEO said a majority of its new customers have household incomes of at least $80,000. Amidst high inflation, two of…

A brokerage account is the first step to becoming an investor, allowing you to buy stocks, bonds, and other securities

The first step on the road to investing begins with opening a brokerage account, which will hold your financial securities and assets. mapodile/Getty Images Brokerage accounts are financial accounts through which investors hold, buy, and sell various assets.Brokerage accounts are offered by broker-dealers, investment companies, and online trading platforms.Several types of brokerage accounts exist, serving…

Russia’s defense chief claimed Ukraine operations are slow to avoid killing civilians the same day a Russian attack killed children

A view of the Ukrainian railway station damaged by a Russian missile strike in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 25, 2022. The attack killed at least 22 civilians, including children. Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Russia claimed this week that it was purposefully slowing offensives to protect civilians. “This is almost certainly deliberate…